Hellbound With You (WN)

ght and noncommittal. She allowed her gaze to sweep around the interior of the luxurious apartment.

When Zeres still did not say a word, she looked back at him. She realized that he seemed leaner now, almost raw-boned. It has been months since she last saw him, and he just keep on changing. If she tried to imagine him when she first met him and compared him to what he is now, she could tell that he was altered in so many ways. She wondered if there was something that had happened after he left the Black Forest after her ’funeral ’ that had caused him to change so drastically.

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”Do you fancy this kind of place now? I am hoping Ezekiel didn ’t force you to live here – ” Alicia rattled on, trying to dispel that somewhat stifled silence between them.

”Alicia. ” He cut her off. His voice surprisingly deeper and harder than she remembered it to be, that it truly surprised her again, that she stopped talking and only blinked at him a couple of times. ”What the hell are you doing here? ” he did not raise his voice at her, but he sounded extremely cold, causing Alicia to snap out of her surprise and narrowed her eyes at him. She was starting to feel irritated at his cold reception now. ’Was this anyway to greet a friend who came all the way to visit? Does he have to be this prickly?! ’